I agree with Kwaku. I must admit that I always wondered how things would
go with the National Curriculum once the pendulum started to swing the
other way.
all the nest
Fabian
> Whilst I applaud the work Arthur has done and continues to do, bearing
> in mind Governments can play yo-yo with the History curriculum, what
> about the creation of a BASA History curriculum, which aims to
> complement and fill in the gaps?
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> On 2 Jan 2013, at 10:38, arthur torrington wrote:
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>> I too am not surprised about the situation.
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>> Equiano may be coming off the curriculum, but the coalition
>> government will keep William Wilberforce there. The Equiano Society
>> has been lobbying this new government over the past two and a half
>> years for support on how the heritage of African people is presented
>> in schools, and I know that ministers are not giving way. I have met
>> and am still corresponding with officials.
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>> Nevertheless, lobbying must continue just as strong as before,
>> until change comes. I do 'not believe in giving up'.
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>> arthur
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>> Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2013 08:22:27 +0000
>> From: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: The new school History curriculum - depressing news but
>> not surprising
>> To: [log in to unmask]
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>> What is our best concerted strategy to deal with this idiot?!
>> I'm planning to enlist William Cuffay and meet my MP Frank Dobson to
>> discuss the campaign.
>> Obviously writing to the newspapers too.
>> Martin Hoyles
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>> From: Martin Spafford <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Sent: Monday, 31 December 2012, 11:22
>> Subject: The new school History curriculum - depressing news but not
>> surprising
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>> News that I expect will be very unwelcome for BASA list members
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>> http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/uk_news/Education/article1185339.ece
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>> If, like me, you don’t want to subscribe to a Murdoch newspaper
>> website, here’s the gist:
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>> BRITISH history will take centre stage in classrooms again under a
>> revamp of the school curriculum.
>> A leaked draft of the syllabus, overseen Michael Gove, the education
>> secretary, reveals a heavier focus on kings and conflicts including
>> the Norman conquest in 1066, the Hundred Years' War, the birth of
>> parliament and the trial and execution of Charles I.
>> But figures due to lose out as part of the shake-up include Mary
>> Seacole, the Jamaican-born nurse, who treated wounded soldiers
>> during the Crimean war in the 1850s, Florence Nightingale, Robert
>> Owen, founder of the co-operative movement and Olaudah Equiano, a
>> former African slave who became an anti-slavery campaigner.
>> Worth pointing out:
>> The new curriculum was devised by a group handpicked by Gove under
>> conditions of secrecy with no outside consultation.
>> Academies (about 50% of secondaries) and free schools do not have to
>> follow the National Curriculum.
>> The curriculum this will replace (which did have consultation and
>> into which BASA members fed) was already predominantly AngloCentric
>> but did have requirements to teach the continued diversity of
>> Britain, precolonial civilisations, resistance to slavery and
>> decolonisation. I doubt these will survive in the new imposed
>> curriculum, due to be announced in January. It looks like the small
>> steps forward achieved in 2008 are to be followed by a huge leap
>> backwards.
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